Cuff.



F. M. PRESTWICH.

CUFF.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12. 1917.

1x765 9565 Patented Aug. 27, 1918;

FRANK M. EBESTWIOH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2?, 11918.

Application filed May 12, 1917. Serial No. 168,076.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK M. PRESTWIOH, a subject of the King of England, and resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cufls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to interlining culfs and the like, and has for its object to provide improvements upon the structure shown in connection with a cufl in my Patent 1,241,47 9, issued September 25, 1917.

Said atent shows astructure having the interlining made of separate pieces of fabric connected together across the fold and so arranged that the interlining at the fold s weakened to facilitate folding. According to this invention, a fabric interlining has a definite and uniform folding portion of increased flexibility at the fold, formed for instance by the absence of some of the threads, so that a definite flexibility or weakening of the completed structure is produced at a predetermined folding line w thout necessitating numerous pieces and plies of fabric. I have discovered that the threads which extend transversely of the fold hold the interlining in place in the completed article without stitching, which saves an.

operation and yet permits a smooth and uniform fold to be repeatedly obtained. In an interlining having a folding-portion formed by dispensing with threads longitudinal of the fold, it is advantageous to have a selvage form the margin of the interlining at each side of the fold, because of better holding of the transverse connecting threads, and also because the selvage weave provides an increased stiffness without objectionable increase of thickness.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a face view mainly diagrammatic of a cuff embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic section through the lining.

Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the lining folded.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of part of Fig. 2.

The cufi herein illustrating the invention is of the foldable type and is formed of aninner face 1 and an outer face 2, between which lies an interlining. The cuff includes the usual seam 4 extending around most of its edges leaving only the opening 5, 5,

through which it may be inverted previously to having the usual stitching, 6, around the edges. The cufi also includes the usual button holes, 7.

The interlining which is held in place by theseam 4 or stitching 6 is herein shown as made from a single continuous piece of cloth, hav ng a continuously weakened section 8 olningthe two other heavier or stiifer parts 9. This more flexible or weaker section comes at the fold of the cuff and is only a small fraction of an inch wide. By this arrangement, a definite folding line is insured by reason of the increased flexibility longitudinally of the fold, thus enabling the cufi' or the like to be reversed and accurately folded even without any marked difference in appearance or feel of the finished article. In fact, the difference in flexibility between the folding portion and the other portions is such that the article will naturally tend to double along this line of increased flexibility when held so that the end portion can drop. The cloth of the lining is so woven as to form a selvage, 10, on each of the stifier parts, 9, at the edge of the fold. Thus the fold of the cuff is made definite, not only by the heavier parts of the cloth as compared with the uniformly light section 8, but also by the natural stiffness inherent in selvage weaves. Thus the interlining is formed very simply, without stitching plies to gether, and is unable to ravel, because there are no free edges which can fray in the course of repeated laundryings.

The remainder 11 of each stiffer part or section may be lighter than the selvage, 10, if desired. Where the interlining is formed of a single piece of cloth as is herein illustrated, the weaker section 8, may be formed of transverse threads, 12, only crossing the line of fold, thus making the connection between the two main .portions of the interlining consist only of threads.

While I have described certain features of my invention in great detail, I have done so only to enable those skilled in the art to appreciate some of its advantages, but what I claim as my invention is:

1. A reversible foldable cufi' or the like comprising an integral interlining having spaced relatively stifl portions on each side of and adjacent the line of fold connected along the line of fold by a continuous relatively flexible folding portion.

2. A reversible foldable end or the like comprising an interlining having spaced relatively stifi port-ions on each side of and adjacent the line of fold connected across said line of fold by separated threads forming a continuous relatively flexible folding portion.

3. A reversible foldable cufi or the like comprising an interlin'ing having spaced. relatively stiff portions 011 each side of the fold and e selvage extending lengihwise of and. adjacent the line of iold, said selvages eveeee being connectecl across seirl line of fol hy separatecl threads forming a continuous relatively flexible folding ortion.

Signed at New York, in the county oi 15 New York, and State of New York this 11th clay of May, A. D. 1917,

FRANK M. PRESTWlCH.

/Vi'bnesses:

JENNEE P. THORNE, Eoweeo THOMAE 

